{"product_id":"elusive-stability-essays-in-the-history-of-international-finance-1919-1939-paperback-9780521448475","title":"Elusive Stability; Essays in the History of International Finance, 1919–1939 (Paperback) 9780521448475","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eElusive Stability\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays in the History of International Finance, 1919–1939\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA new interpretation of the operation and macroeconomic repercussions of the international monetary system during the interwar years.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBarry Eichengreen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521448475, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 February 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e348 pages, 31 b\/w illus.  34 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book is well written … No other modern work covers this subject. A student with some knowledge of international finance could follow the argument even without the mathematical and statistical background required to evaluate the models that summarize the basic argument of each chapter.' Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume provides a new interpretation of the operation and macroeconomic repercussions of the international monetary system during the interwar years. Each of the eleven essays is explicitly concerned with the role of exchange rates in macroeconomic fluctuations from the American and European perspective. The final essay examines the interwar experience from a long-term perspective.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of charts\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Real exchange rate behavior under alternative international monetary regimes\u003cbr\u003e 3. Understanding 1921–27: inflation and economic recovery in the 1920s\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bank rate policy under the interwar gold standard with Mark W. Watson and Richard S. Grossman\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Bank of France and the sterilization of gold, 1926–1932\u003cbr\u003e 6. International policy coordination in historical perspective: a view from the interwar years\u003cbr\u003e 7. The economic consequences of the Franc Poincaré with Charles Wyplosz\u003cbr\u003e 8. Sterling and the tariff, 1929–32\u003cbr\u003e 9. Exchange rates and economic recovery in the 1930s with Jeffrey Sachs\u003cbr\u003e 10. The gold-exchange standard and the Great Depression\u003cbr\u003e 11. Hegemonic stability theories of the international monetary system\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005530001688,"sku":"9780521448475","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521448475i_a5f19932-535d-4e49-8bee-0836090b108c.jpg?v=1691382039","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/elusive-stability-essays-in-the-history-of-international-finance-1919-1939-paperback-9780521448475","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}